Defying Hitler : A Memoir
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Overview
Written in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner's memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars.
Covering 1907 to 1933, his eyewitness account provides a portrait of a country in constant flux: from the rise of the First Corps, the right-wing voluntary military force set up in 1918 to suppress Communism and precursor to the Nazi storm troopers, to the Hitler Youth movement; from the apocalyptic year of 1923 when inflation crippled the country to Hitler's rise to power. This fascinating personal history elucidates how the average German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices.
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- ISBN-13: 9780312421137
- ISBN-10: 0312421133
- Publisher: Picador USA
- Publish Date: August 2003
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 309
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